I'm a gay black guy. If I can't ask questions without caring what people think of me, who can?

- Don Lemon

I think secrets are something that you keep or are afraid to share because you think they're going to harm you in some way. So if you don't have any secrets, then there's no way anyone can harm you.

- Don Lemon

In order to be transparent, you really have to be completely honest and open, so that's how I've lived my life, and that's where I am now. I am completely transparent. There's nothing that you can't ask me and nothing I won't talk about.

- Don Lemon

In general, when I watch cable news during the day, it's frustrating because it reminds me of a game show. If I want to watch 'The Price is Right,' I'll watch 'The Price is Right.'

- Don Lemon

I was hired by the 'Tom Joyner Morning Show' to do commentary that makes people think. I want my audience to feel like they are learning and not being pandered to.

- Don Lemon

Learn to love being black.

- Don Lemon

Just because you can have a baby, it doesn't mean you should. Especially without planning for one or getting married first.

- Don Lemon

It's not ideological to ask someone to stick to the question presented.

- Don Lemon

If I had had someone like me who had chosen to live their lives out and proud, there would be no need for the Tyler Clementis of the world.

- Don Lemon

I'm not concerned with what people think of me.

- Don Lemon

My mom tells me every single day that she's proud of me.

- Don Lemon

I'm a citizen of the world.

- Don Lemon

I was born gay, just as I was born black.

- Don Lemon

I think the Casey Anthony trial caught a lot of news organizations off guard.

- Don Lemon

I think if I had seen more people like me who are out and proud, it wouldn't have taken me 45 years to say it - to walk in the truth.

- Don Lemon

I love Louisiana. There's no place on earth like Louisiana, and there's no city on earth like New Orleans. I grew up in Baton Rouge.

- Don Lemon

I like all kinds of music. I hope you do, too.

- Don Lemon

I grew up believing that I could be the president of the United States. I was told I could be whatever I wanted.

- Don Lemon

I don't watch the media that much.

- Don Lemon

I don't consider myself a celebrity. I'm just a journalist.

- Don Lemon